Новости за 25.03.2023

With the 2024 presidential election inching closer, the looming potential indictment of former President Trump is likely to dominate the Sunday morning talk show circuit this weekend, alongside discussions of a potential TikTok ban. After suggesting last weekend that he could be arrested as soon as Tuesday in the Manhattan district attorney’s hush money probe,...

A U.S. service member was wounded on Friday following additional attacks on U.S. bases in Syria after an initial attack on a base by Iranian-backed militias on Thursday, according to multiple reports. ABC News reported that two attacks occurred at two facilities in the Deir ez-Zor Province in the eastern part of the country. A...

California officials are pushing to expand the financial protections available to farmers in the upcoming federal farm bill as the state’s massive agricultural industry contends with drought, wildfires and other weather extremes. “The farm bill is a safety net,” Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, said at a State Senate...

Little has been written about the role of industrial statesmanship in forging the consensus needed for social change in critical periods of our country’s economic development.

The New York City Council is considering a bill that would ban discrimination based on weight in employment, housing and public accommodations. The legislation, which was introduced last year, would prohibit discrimination based on a person’s actual or perceived height or weight in those three areas. It would include exceptions for employers who need to...

Filmmaker Oliver Stone would not know me if he tripped over me. That said, he and I did have an enjoyable discussion about politics at Princeton University in 2006, while waiting in the outdoor seating area for his son and my nephew to receive their diplomas. The fact is, as someone typically a bit more...

Two people are dead and five are missing after an explosion happened at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania on Friday, local officials said.  West Reading Police Chief Wayne Holben said at a press conference on Friday that a large explosion occurred just before 5 p.m. at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in the town, about...

There is a widely-circulating tax scam for 2023 that involves Employee Retention Credits (ERC), the Internal Revenue Service warns, and you may have recently noticed the advertisements on TV or radio.

At least 23 people were killed and four people are missing following multiple tornadoes that struck Mississippi late Friday night. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said in a tweet that it could confirm the 23 deaths, four missing individuals and dozens of injuries. The agency said numerous state and local search and rescue teams are...

Research suggests that people find it hard to see how climate change is threatening the quality of their water.

The status quo is simply unsustainable — and the world’s poorest communities are bearing the brunt

In the end, the calendar rather than the crimes may determine Trump’s future.

Story at a glance The number of private sector employees teleworking dropped by more than 12 points last year compared to 2021 as many returned to normal operations from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new poll. A release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics states that a survey found 27.5 percent of private sector...

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) slammed the New York and Georgia investigations into former President Trump as being part of a “cancer in our body politic,” arguing they are politically motivated. Cuomo told John Catsimatidis, who hosts the talk radio show “The Cats Roundtable,” in an interview on WABC 770 that he expects Trump...

A Pennsylvania school district is suing Norfolk Southern over the impacts of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment that led to the release of toxic chemicals and forced thousands to evacuate for days.  The lawsuit from Blackhawk School District in Beaver County, located on Pennsylvania’s western border with Ohio, is the latest of several facing...

Under increasing pressure from state and federal investigators, former President Trump escalated his violent rhetoric this week, heightening tensions as prosecutors weigh whether to bring criminal charges and sparking sharp criticism from Democrats, who are warning of another Jan. 6. In several social media posts over the past two days, Trump appeared to threaten Manhattan District Attorney...

The Chicago mayoral race is emerging as a key test for Democrats on how they handle the hot-button issues of crime and public safety. Two starkly different candidates in the Windy City’s April 4 runoff have offered contrasting approaches over an issue that has been blamed for costing the party control of the House last...

Former President Trump is gearing up to hold his first rally of the 2024 presidential cycle on Saturday as he grapples with a potential indictment. Trump will travel to friendly territory in Waco, Texas, for the campaign event, which is set to be in stark contrast to his campaign’s more low-key events so far this...

The jockeying is intensifying among cities vying to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Atlanta, Chicago and New York City are the finalists to host the event next year, when it is expected to return to something more akin to the pre-pandemic affair with lawmakers, donors and media descending on the host city for nearly...

Story at a glance Nadia*, a 33-year-old Chicagoan, has had her fair share of bad dates. But there are a handful that stand out in her mind as particularly awful. One of those dates took place on a hot summer night in 2017. Nadia went to a roof-top bar with a 25-year-old man she had...

Twitter plans to wind down its legacy verification system starting next week as it promotes its subscription-based system.  The Twitter Verified account on the platform tweeted on Thursday that the company will phase out the older verification program and begin removing legacy checkmarks starting April 1. It said users who want to keep their checkmarks...

The FBI has dismantled a cybercrime forum that boasted having data connected to security breaches affecting U.S. lawmakers and millions of citizens. The Justice Department (DOJ) said in a release that Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, a 20-year-old man from Peekskill, N.Y., made his first appearance in court on Friday for a criminal charge he is facing...

The Los Angeles Unified School District and a union representing bus drivers, custodians and other staff have reached an agreement that will raise their salaries and improve benefits following a three-day strike. The school district said in a release on Friday that it reached a deal with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 99 —...

House Democrats said their visit as part of a GOP-led trip to the Washington, D.C. jail where rioters from the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection are being held showed they had no remorse for their actions. The comments came after the trip, which was organized by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) earlier this month, following criticism...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and a pair of Democratic lawmakers offered a tale-of-two-jails on Friday after a group visited the Washington, D.C. jail, where pre-trial defendants from Jan. 6, 2021, are being held. Greene led the trip to the D.C. jail and was joined by other members of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee...